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Hello and welcome back everybody, when we last left Jason he and John had, had a falling out of monumental proportions and he ended up spending the week in San Antonio Texas with Shawn Michaels and his family. Coming up, John has vowed to clear up the mess once and for all. What does this mean? And what other twists will this chapter hold? Let's find out!
Here We Go!
Brotherly Hate-Chapter Twenty Two-Let The Games Begin!
Jason Cena had been looking for his brother all night when John's music suddenly hit in the arena. San Antonio Texas, home of the first ever edition of Friday Night Smackdown. From the moment he, Mara and Shawn arrived at the arena Jason had been looking for John, the older Cena had said that he would settle things between him and his brother "Once and for all" which put Jason in an uneasy presence of mind. A feeling which got worse when he saw his brother heading down to ringside with a mic in his hand.
"What's he doing out there?" He wondered out loud.
"Maybe he wants to settle it in public" suggested Shawn.
"Nah, he wouldn't, John NEVER takes his personal life out into the open" replied Jason. "Then again" he thought. "Maybe he wants everyone to know what happens"
Meanwhile John was in the ring about to tell the world his decision.
"Now, usually when John Cena's in town, he walks down that aisle with his live mic, makes fun of someone for the sake of entertainment, and generally has a good time. However tonight I'm not here to make fun of people, I am here to settle an issue that has been playing out over your TV screens lately". He paused for a moment before continuing.
"Anyone who saw Summerslam, and anyone who saw Smackdown last week knows what I'm talking about, but for those of you who missed it here's what I'm talking about".
Footage played on the screen of Jason superkicking John at Summerslam.
"Right there you have Summerslam when I defended my WWE title against JBL, my brother came out to help me and ended up costing me the title. Now, can you blame me for being a little be pissed off at my brother for that? Sure it was an accident but the end of the story is that my brother caused me to lose the title, wait sorry, my bad. That is NOT the end of the story because a few days later I got a rematch for the WWE title and this happened".
Footage again played on the screen, this time showing Jason hitting John with a chair.
"Now, I think you all can see why I'm so pissed off after the match, my brother, accidentally or not, cost me the WWE title not once, but TWICE! But pissed off as I was there is no excuse for what I did afterwards".
The crowd was then shown when John nailed Jason in the face, then abandoning him in Chicago.
"There you have it, there you have what many people have called the dissolution of the Cena family, but now, it's time to set the record straight. Jason, I told you tonight was gonna be the end of it, so come on down. This problem started in public, and it's gonna finish in public, some come on down and listen to what I have to say".
Jason's music hit and the younger Cena slowly came down to ringside, everyone in the arena could sense the tension between the two as Jason got into the rig and stood opposite his brother. John spoke again.
"Bro' I just want you to listen for a minute, no doubt you're feeling as bad about this as I am, but, at the end of the day it's gotta happen. Now, you cost me the title twice, I'm still pissed off about that but you've apologised for it and I suppose that's all you can do in that situation, that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it but, for what it's worth, I accept your apology. Also, what you did is no excuse for me leaving you stranded the way I did, so do you, in turn, accept my apology?"
Jason swallowed hard and nodded. John remained straight faced as he continued.
"Right, now we got that issue out of the way there is a more pressing one to take care of, that being, whether on not me and you stay together or not".
Jason looked at the floor; he knew where this was going.
"Over the past week I've had time to think, I've also had advice from a lot of people as well, some saying to stick with you because we're family, and some saying to cut you loose cause you're more trouble than you're worth. Now to those people I have one thing to say…"
Jason winced, here it comes.
"… Who in the hell do you think you are? How dare you suggest to me I turn my back on my little brother, the only living relative I have left! I'd just as soon blow my brains out! Now Jason, look at me" He turned his attention to his brother. "We've been having problems lately, but I would NEVER turn my back on you! If there's one thing the Cena family does, it's look after their own and that's what I'm gonna do now, and forever!"
John pulled his brother into a hug in front of the world before raising the mic again.
"Now there's one more issue that I wanna deal with tonight, it's been brought to my attention that our WWE champion JBL, has been bragging about bringing down the Cena brothers. Well, we don't look down to me JBL, so why don't you bring your cabinet down here and Jason and I will show you how united we really are!"
John dropped the mic and got ready to fight, Jason, still taking in what had happened was slower to react. However, it wasn't JBL's music that hit, but Shawn Michaels', HBK came down to ringside to a huge response from the crowd, he also had a mic in his hand.
"Hold on a second, hold on a second there MC Wannabe, as happy as I am to see you and the kid one happy family again, and as much as I'd like to see you kick JBL's ass from one side of my hometown to the other, I had something else in mind for our WWE champion tonight".
"Oh yeah? And what is that?"
"Well, seeing as how you've had your chance with JBL, and seeing as how this is my hometown we're in tonight, I'm here to say, if anyone's getting a shot at JBL tonight, it's gonna be ME!"
Before John could respond to Shawn, another theme hit and Christian came down to ringside with Tomko in tow.
"Hold on, I know what's going on here, you're trying to keep me out of the title picture! On my first night on Smackdown I pinned John Cena, in fact I would be champion right now if it wasn't for that punk standing there!"
Jason smirked and stared Christian down. "What are you gonna do about it CLB?"
Christian went to respond but Kurt Angle's music cut him off.
"Hey! If anyone in this building deserves a shot at the title it's me! I've made everyone in that ring tap out, excluding the kid only because he's never faced me. In fact Mr. Hometown Hero, I believe I made you tap out on the biggest stage of them all!"
"Why don't you come down here and try it again!"
"Is that a challenge?" Kurt dropped the mic and started to make his way down to ringside, Chris Benoit's music hit and stopped him in his tracks as the U.S. champion came out and picked up Kurt's mic.
"All I'm hearing right now is everyone bitching and moaning about why they deserve to be champion, well how's this for a reason?" He held up the U.S. title. "Not only that but recently the only people who have beaten JBL who are currently asking for a title shot are Shawn Michaels and myself!"
"Only because I helped both of you!" thought Jason. Benoit went to carry on but there was yet another interruption as Rey Mysterio joined Benoit out on the aisle, Benoit actually gave Rey the mic so he could say his piece.
"Well all I have to say is this, if everyone else wants a title shot then I'm putting my name in as well!"
"Jeez" thought Jason. "How many more people want a title shot?"
GONG!
"I had to ask".
The light in the arena all went out in preparation for the arrival of The Undertaker, when they came back on the Deadman was standing in the ring behind Christian. The CLB turned, then freaked when he saw 'Taker' and tried to hide behind Jason, John and Shawn. Undertaker said nothing, but made a belt motion around his waist making it clear what his intentions were, Teddy Long's music hit and the GM came out to restore order.
"Now then playa's, it seems we have a problem determining the new number one contender, fortunately I foresaw this happening and I would like to announce, right here on the first edition of Friday Night Smackdown, an eight man number-one contendership tournament, which I have entitled the 'Deadly Games' tournament. Now, this will take place over the next three weeks, starting tonight so…"
"Hold on Teddy" said John. "Only seven people out here have asked for a title shot".
"I know John, in fact, the eighth man doesn't even know he's in it yet".
"Do you know?"
"Of course I know playa, here's a clue, he's standing right next to you".
Jason's jaw dropped, John turned to him and Jason immediately went defensive.
"Hey, you heard him, I didn't know, I'm just as surprised as you!"
"Now" Teddy continued. "I took the liberty of making up a graphic of the tournament, so here's a look at the line-up".
The graphic flashed up on the big-screen, the matches were set up as, HBK vs. Benoit, Angle vs. Jason Cena, Christian vs. Undertaker ("Ouch" thought Jason) and John Cena vs. Mysterio.
Christian was throwing a fit about his opponent while everyone else took in their match, Jason and John couldn't fight until the final, but Jason could face Shawn in the next round. The superstars stared each other down
"Well playa's that's it, the tournament starts tonight so, let the Deadly Games begin!"
End of Chapter.
Well I'm just gonna leave it there, it's pretty short but that's cause I just wanted to get the Jason-John sitch over with. The action really kicks off next time with the opening round of the Deadly Games Tournament. Will Jason and John advance? Could Jason be the new number one contender? Will Christian survive 'Taker'? Find out next time!
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HOO-RAH!